''Sex and Zen II'' (, "

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II - Jade Maiden Heart Sutra") is a 1996 Hong Kong

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. The film is a sequel to ''

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'' (1991), and it was followed by ''

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'' (1998).

Background

''Sex and Zen II'' is partially an adaptation of the

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'', which is itself based on

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玉蒲團II玉女心經 Sex & Zen II (1996)
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's character Sai Moon-Kin (西門堅,

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protagonist

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. The film's Chinese title and the martial arts sequences are a reference to the ''Jade Maiden Heart Sutra'' (玉女心經, ''Yùnǚxīnjīng''), a fictional scripture in

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's ''

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''.

Plot

Sai Moon-Kin (Tsui) is a rich man who lives with his concubines and his son and a daughter named Yiau (

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), who is raised like a boy and is ignorant of the ways of love. Because her brother is

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, Yiau wants to be her father's heir but feels that she needs to go to school for the required education. Her desire to attend school leads her to a love affair with a lustful young scholar (

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). Only after she is equipped by a protective chastity belt, does her father let Yiau go to school, guised in drag. Sai Moon finds his son's new wife Siu-Tsui (

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) attractive. He does not realize that she is the evil Mirage Lady, who knows "sucking" magic. Yiau and the Iron Man (

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) try to stop the Mirage Lady from harming any more people.

Cast

as Yiau *

as Fa * Ben Ng as Ironman *

as Mirage Lady/Siu-Tsui *

as Sai Moon-Kin *

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as Monk

References

External links

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